Irish Fishing Records.

      Below is a listing of the current, (2002), Irish Records. You can see just how many Irish records were set in Kinsale! Also, 2002 saw the setting of 5 Irish records.

     Note that there is no differentiation between sea and shore caught specimens.  The Irish Specimen Fish Committee for 2000 received 559 claims, ratifying 508 which included 5 records. Unfortunately, 51 were rejected for noncompliance with the rules - so be careful that you fill out your paperwork correctly and completely, get the skipper's signature and make sure the weighing scale in of the proper type, is "in-date", and that the weighing is done ashore and is witnessed.

      Note that from 2003, the amended "Fair Angling" rules come into affect. The changes - specifically rule #2 - relate to big game fish such as bluefin tuna.

     Finally, for those anglers whose claims were accepted for the year 2002, the Annual Presentation of Awards will be held on Saturday, 01-March 2003, at 2:30pm at the Doyle Burlington Hotel, Sussex Road, Dublin. For more information, please phone Dublin 01-8379206.

Species	Irish Record	Date	Location	County	Specimen Size
					lbs-ozs
Angler Fish	42.985kg	03-Nov-85	Belfast Lough		40-00
Bass	17-13	21-Oct-00	Doughmore Strand	Clare	10-00
Black Sole	6.32 lb	28-Dec-86	Ballycotton	Cork	2-00
Bluemouth	2.4lb	26-Jun-02	Caherciveen	Kerry	1.98
Brill	9-08-00	08-Sep-84	Causeway	Antrim	5-00
Coalfish	31.45 lb	18-Aug-02	Leap	Cork	15-00
Cod	42-00-00	??-1921	Ballycotton	Cork	20-00
Conger	72-00-00	01-Jun-14	Valentia	Kerry	40-00
Dab	2lb-5.5oz	2-Oct-02	Cork Harbour	Cork	1-08
Dogfish, Spur	21.25lb	10-Aug-02	Dun Laoighre	Dublin	12-00
Dogfish, Greater Sptd.	23-12-00	29-May-82	Valentia	Kerry	3-08
Dogfish, Lesser Sptd.	36620	26-Jul-82	Valentia	Kerry	16-00
Flounder	4.91 lb	21-Aug-79	Ballyteigue	Wexford	3-00
Garfish (Belone Bellone)	3-10-04	16-Sep-67	Kinsale	Cork	2-04
Garfish (Belone Svetovidovi)	1.11 lb	05-Aug-94	Courtmacsherry	Cork	0-14
Gurnard, Tub	12-03-08	08-Aug-73	Achill		5-00
Gurnard, Grey	3-01-00	21-Sep-67	Rosslare	Wexford	1-08
Gurnard, Red	3-09-08	17-Jul-68	Belmullet		2-00
Haddock	10-13-08	15-Jul-64	Kinsale	Cork	7-00
Hake	25-05-08	28-Apr-62	Belfast Lough		10-00
Halibut	156-00-00	23-Jul-72	Belmullet		50-00
Herring	0.425 kg	11-Jul-86	Rathlin Island		0-12
John Dory	7-08-00	12-Aug-84	Kilala Bay		4-00
Ling	48lb-8oz	29-May-00	Courtmacsherry	Cork	25-00
Mackerel	4-02-00	18-Sep-79	Ballycotton	Cork	2-08
Megrim	1.85kg	26-Jul-87	Kilala Bay		1-12
Monkfish	73-00-00	01-Jun-80	Fenit	Kerry	50-00
Mullet, Grey(Thick Lip)	9.10 lb	08-Jun-72	Killybegs Pier		5-00
Mullet, Red	n/a	nil	nil		1-00
Plaice	8.23	23-Jan-82	Ballycotton Pier	Cork	4-00
Pollack	19-03-00	?-1904	Ballycotton	Cork	12-00
Pouting	4-13-08	02-Apr-83	Kilmore Quay		3-00
Ray, Thornback	37-00-00	28-May-61	Kinsale,(Ling)	Cork	20-00
Ray, Blonde	36-08-00	09-Sep-64	Cork Harbour	Cork	25-00
Ray, Cuckoo	5-11-00	03-Aug-75	Causeway	Antrim	4-08
Ray, Electric	40kg	24-Aug-02	Crosshaven,	Cork	20-00
Ray, Homelyn (Spotted)	8.28 lb	28-Sep-83	Cork Harbour,	Cork	5-00
Ray, Undulate	18-00-00	11-Jun-77	Fenit, Kerry	Kerry	14-00
Ray, Painted	17.21 lb	29-Aug-94	Garryvoe,	Cork	10-00
Ray, Sting	64-00-00	06-Jun-93	Tralee	Kerry	30-00
Ray's Bream	6-04-04	26-Aug-78	Valentia	Kerry	5-00
Red Sea Bream	9-06-00	24-Aug-63	Valentia	Kerry	4-08
Rockling, Three Bearded	3-01-00	11-May-90	Dunmore East	Waterford	1-12
Scad	1.97 lb	06-Sep-86	Clonakilty	Cork	1-08
Shad, Allis	n/a	nil	nil	nil	4-00
Shad, Twaite	2.87 lb	05-May-85	St.Mullins		2-02
Shark, Blue	206-00-00	07-Oct-59	Achill		100-00
Shark, Mako	n/a	nil	nil	nil	200-00
Shark, Porbeagle	365-00-00	?-1932	Achill		150-00
Shark, Six Gilled	154-00-00	28-Aug-68	Kinsale	Cork	100-00
Shark, Smoothhound	16.58lb	25-Sep-00	Carne	Wexford	7-00
Shark, Thresher	n/a	nil	nil	nil	120-00
Skate, Common	221-00-00	?-1913	Ballycotton	Cork	Protected
Skate, White	165-00-00	07-Aug-66	Clew Bay		120-00
Skate, Long Nose	n/a	nil	nil	nil	80-00
Smooth Hound	13-12-00	27-Jun-91	Five Mile Point		7-00
Stone Basse	10-13-00	02-Aug-89	Kinsale	Cork	8-00
Tope	66-08-00	15-Jul-79	Carlingford Lough		40-00
Torsk	10-11-00	17-Sep-95	Port-na-Blagh		6-00
Trigger Fish	4.83 lb	30-Sep-95	BallyDavid	Kerry	3-04
Blue Fin Tuna /Tunny(Giant>350lb)	968 lb!!!	05-Oct-01	Donegal Bay	Donegal	100-00
Turbot	34-00-00	09-Jun-82	Cork Harbour	Cork	18-00
Whiting	4-14-08	19-Mar-81	Kenmare Bay	Kerry	3-00
Wrasse, Ballan	4.3 kg	20-Aug-83	Clougher Head		4-12
Wrasse, Cuckoo	2.01 lb	09-Aug-92	Carnsore Point	Wexford	1-04

     We would like to thank the Irish Specimen Fish Committee, an independant voluntary body, for the use of its data in the preparation of the table above. You can send a donation to the IFSC at the following address:- Balnagowan House, Modbhi Boreen, Modbhi Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. And it is in everyone's interest!

Thank You.